The Escadrille Lafayette or Escadrille américaine was formed April 18, l9l6, as a volunteer unit (Escadrille n. 124) in the French Army. Capitaine Georges Thenault was the French commander of this squadron of American volunteers. On February 18, 1918, ceased as a unit of the French Army and merged into the U.S. Air Corps as the 103rd pursuit squadron

Found in the personal effects of Capitaine George Thenault, the French commander of the Lafayette Escadrille, and donated to the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution by his widow in 1962

Tabular representation of the missions undertaken by the Escadrille Lafayette giving dates and participants with brief narratives of the results

Stamped on t.p.: Escadrille N. 124; Escadrille N. 124 Commandt d'Escadrille

Illegibile ink inscription on t.p. signed: Thenault

NASM accession no. on orange tape inside back cover: 1962-35

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